NBC Nightly News S2026E92 - Apr 12 Sun

U.S. Central Command announced that it will enforce a blockade on all vessels entering or departing Iranian ports. Earlier today, President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy would begin a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz hours after JD Vance and an American delegation failed to reach a peace deal with Iranian negotiators in Pakistan. NBC News' Keir Simmons reports. Shortly after the U.S. military announced a blockade on Iranian ports, oil prices rose higher, appearing to reverse price declines from last week. Stock market futures were also in decline. It comes after peace talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed over the weekend. NBC News' Allie Canal reports. Police in New Jersey are on the hunt for an individual who shot and killed one person and injured six others in a Chick-Fil-A. Prosecutors say an investigation is ongoing but that the shooting does not appear to be a random act of violence. NBC News' Valerie Castro reports. There's a growing shortage of a key specialty doctor nationwide. With more Americans living longer, auto-immune diseases are on the rise. But rheumatologists are struggling to meet the demand to treat them. NBC News' Anne Thompson reports. President Trump said the price of oil may be "a little bit higher" and doubled down on comments that Iranian civilization "will die" unless the regime caves to his demands. His comments come after peace talks between the U.S. and Iran failed over the weekend. NBC News' Julie Tsikrin has the latest. Millions of Americans are under severe weather alerts across the country with the entire state of Hawaii at risk of flash flooding and landslides. Heavy snow is blanketing California with some parts of the state seeing 18 inches of snow. And in Texas 6 million from San Antonio to Austin could see large hail, strong winds and tornadoes. NBC News' Ryan Chandler has the latest. A bipartisan group of lawmakers are now calling on Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) to resign from Congress after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. The calls come as disturbing new details are emerging from his accusers about the alleged misconduct. Swalwell has so far denied the allegations. NBC News' Liz Kreutz has the latest. Brian Hooker must be charged with a crime by Monday night, or Bahamian police will be forced to set him free, according to his attorney, who says prosecutors are considering charging him with murder. Hooker has been in police custody after his wife Lynette went missing in the Bahamas last week. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch has the latest from the Bahamas. For the last 28 years, Elizabeth Willson and Garland Phillips, a married couple in Washington, D.C., have been carrying on a springtime tradition by serving up the perfect picnic date during peak bloom under the city's cherry blossoms. NBC News' Hallie Jackson has their story.